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Technical Skills

R programming
Data wrangling
Package building
Unit testing, CI
SQL
Debugging
git
bash

Open Source Contributions

Contributed to several R packages, such as:

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Source code: github.com/dragosmg/cv.

Last updated on 2019-11-10.

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Dragoș Moldovan-Grünfeld

A data scientist with a strong multidisciplinary background and 5+ years’ experience in applying analytical techniques to commercial and regulatory challenges.

Selected Positions

Data Scientist

Mango Solutions

London, UK

present - 2018

  • Built data-cleaning and wrangling pipelines
  • Developed client R packages to handle tasks, such as: data ingestion, data cleaning, data wrangling, feature engineering and predictive modelling.
  • Predicted propensity to churn for a client in the leisure industry using survival analysis.
  • Forecasted sales of several drug-country combinations for a pharmaceutical company using various time series and machine learning models.
  • Developed and improved R training materials.
  • Tested multiple R packages using the {testthat} testing framework as part of ValidR.

Data Scientist/ Statistician

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

London, UK

2017 - 2016

  • Improved the quality of the UK business register
  • Linked education and revenue data for the first time in the UK (the Longitudinal Education Outcome dataset).
  • Automated the production of official statistical publications by moving from SPSS, Excel, and Word to SQL, R and Rmarkdown.
  • Built a geospatial machine learning model using a density-based spatial clustering algorithm to inform the UK industrial strategy.
  • Created and delivered introductory-level training courses in R and QGIS.

Assistant Manager

Cycle Surgery

London, UK

2015 - 2014

  • De facto ran one of the biggest cycling shops in London with 20+ staff.
  • Maintained high standards and increased sales turnover by 20 percent.

Analyst

Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority

Bucharest, RO

2013 - 2007

  • Represented the Commission and Romania in technical working groups at EU and national level.
  • Gathered, interpreted, analysed data and developed solutions to policy challenges.
  • Produced and delivered research insights into relevant areas (e.g carbon trading, investor protection, etc.).

Programme Manager

Center for Protected Areas and Sustainable Development - Bihor

Oradea, RO

2005 - 2004

  • Coordinated the most complex programme of the NGO: the Apuseni Experience ecotourism programme.
  • Designed, developed and implemented the first business plan

Education

MSc Environmental Sciences and Policy

Central European University

Budapest, HU

2006 - 2005

  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (highest GPA)

BA Sociology with Statistics

Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, RO

2003 - 1999